IN MEMORIAM

Fleetwood Mac's Bob Welch dies at 65

Suicide: 'I put more of myself into that band than anything else I've ever done'

Published: 06/09/2012 at 10:55 PM

(Washington Post) Bob Welch, who was a key member of the pop group Fleetwood Mac in the early 1970s before scoring several minor hits as a solo performer, died June 7 at his home in Nashville. He was 65.

According to police, he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He left a suicide note.

Mr. Welch was a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for Fleetwood Mac from 1971 to 1974. The band was formed in England in the late 1960s by guitarist Peter Green, and its name derived from two members of the group, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie.